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lift
Sports medicinenoun The raising of an extremity.
Vox populi-UK
noun Elevator.
LIFT
Abbreviation for:Late Intervention Following Thrombolysis
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lift
(lift)1. To raise or elevate.
2. The act of lifting.
3. A device for lifting.
[O.E., lypta]
lift
(lift)1. To raise or elevate.
2. A material used to equalize the length of a shortened side of the body with the unshortened, normal, side, as on a shoe. Synonym: wedge (3)